Seasonal variations in physico-chemical parameters and heavy metals in water and sediments of Uppanar estuary, Nagapattinam, India

Journal of Environmental Biology

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 681-686

  Sankar, R ^a   Ramkumar, L ^a   Rajkumar, M ^a,b   Sun, Jun ^b   Ananthan, G ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Nagapattinam; Physico chemical parameters; Uppanar estuary

Indexed keywords

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; HEAVY METAL; NITRATE; NITRITE; PARAMETERIZATION; PH; PHOSPHATE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; SILICATE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; WATER POLLUTION;

INDIA; TAMIL NADU; UPPANAR ESTUARY;

EID: 77956425340     PISSN: 02548704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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